Volume 3 | Issue 8 - May 12, 2022
Official newsletter from the
City of South Miami
Exclusive news on South Miami from South Miami
In yesterday's SoMi INSIDER, we had the right paybyphone location number for our garage in the graphic, but the wrong number in the the copy.

The correct paybyphone location number for our garage is:
33674
TOP STORY
Improvements coming to city parking garage
The South Miami Parking Garage is under new management and is poised to provide residents and visitors with a new and improved level of convenience and safety.

The new operator of the garage is: (drum roll please...) The City of South Miami!

We bet you didn't know that until last month the garage was operated by a private company, did you?

Well, now that the City is running things, there are a lot of improvements to make parking downtown even better.
MONTHLY PARKING:
Customers can use the Pay-by Phone App to pay for monthly parking or you can contact the City's Finance Department at 305-663-6343 to receive a monthly hanging parking permit.

The garage is located at 5829 SW 73rd Street. It is five stories of lit, covered, centrally located downtown parking that offers the ideal location for leaving the car to enjoy our growing, vibrant SoMi Downtown!

The five story Municipal Parking Garage offers an estimated 400 parking spaces. It is a Pay-by-Phone ONLY garage with location number: 
33674
If you don't want to drive...
Freebee Shuttle has new hours
The SoMi Freebee shuttle has updated its operating hours to better serve riders.

Freebee is a FREE, door-to-door, on-demand transportation service, brought to you by the City of South Miami! Freebee vehicles are 100% electric, and emission-free!
Freebee now runs from 7:00am to 7:00pm Monday through Friday, and 11:00am to 11:00pm on Saturday.

While on board, your Freebee guide will share with you the latest and greatest happenings in South Miami. You can catch a ride by using the Freebee App, or rides can also be requested by flagging down an available Freebee!
SoMi acts to solve neighborhood flood issue
The City is taking steps to address an ongoing flooding issue in one of our neighborhoods.

The stretch of road on SW 59th Avenue between SW 64th Street and SW 66th Street floods during rainstorms because of improper drainage.

The plan includes designing a new drainage system, new curb and gutters, regrading grass swales, and milling, resurfacing and restriping.

Save money on hurricane supplies
Hurricane season begins June 1st. To help you with putting together your hurricane supplies, the state has a 14-day “disaster preparedness” sales tax holiday from May 28 – June 10, 2022, for disaster preparedness supplies.

Some examples of tax-free items include: flashlights and lanterns costing $40 or less, radios costing $50 or less, tarps costing $100 or less, coolers costing $60 or less, batteries costing $50 or less, smoke detectors, fire extinguishers, and carbon monoxide detectors costing $70 or less, and generators costing $1,000 or less. The holiday also includes a number of items related to the safe evacuation of household pets.
Are you ready?
With hurricane season only days away, SoMi is working on a special edition of the SoMi INSIDER. Keep an eye out for our special ARE YOU READY issue. It will have important information to help you prepare.
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